Kaw Valley Drainage District v. City of Kansas City

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harvey, J.:

In April, 1924, the Kaw Valley Drainage District of Wyandotte county brought in the district court of that county five separate actions for mandamus against the city of Kansas City to *369compel the city to install at the outlet of its several sewers certain flood gates, pump houses, pumps and pumping apparatus for pumping the sewage and surface water during times of high water and heavy rains over the dikes orlevees of the drainage district into the Kansas river. The five cases, were heard together in the trial court, resulting in judgments for…